The stars within the melanocytic garden: Unusual variants of Spitz naevi

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1045-1051

  Moscarella, E ^a   Al Jalbout, S ^b   Piana, S ^a   Argenziano, G ^a   Lallas, A ^a   Longo, C ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, R ^c   Zalaudek, I ^c  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMATOID SPITZ NAEVI; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DESMOPLASTIC SPITZ NAEVI; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMANGIOKERATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; VERRUCOUS SPITZ NAEVI; YOUNG ADULT; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; LIMB; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TRUNK;

ADULT; BUTTOCKS; DERMOSCOPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TORSO;

EID: 84926216660     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13347     Document Type: Article

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